Improvement in suspension-hooks



L. W. PENNELL.

SUSPENSION HOOK.

Patented Dec. 26, 1-876.

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LLOYD W. PENNELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENSION-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 185,644, datedDecember 26, 1876; application filed November 14, 1876 To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD W. PENNELL,

of Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, have invented a certain newand useful Suspension-Hook, of which the following is a specificationThis invention relates to a class of suspension-hooks formed from ametallic wire bent into an oblong loop, one end of which constitutes aneye or clasp, from which a given object is suspended, while such objectenters the loop from the opposite end, one extremity of the wire beingsharp, and serving to intercept the substance-0t the object and guide itinto the loop, while the opposite end of the wire protrudes considerablybeyond the loop, and is pointed or otherwise sufficiently sharp toeasily puncture and enter such material.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, aview of my improved suspension-hook, while Fig. 2 repre sents itsapplication to a tag.

In these drawings, A represents a metallic wire bent into such shape asto provide an oblong loop or annular band, I), one end (viz.. c) of suchloop constituting the clasp or eye, by means of which any object may besuspended. One side, d, of the loop A is extended considerably beyondthe opposite end 0 of the loop, and is sharp at its extremity, as shownat a, in order to readily puncture and extend into the substance of theobject which is to be suspended. The other end or extremityfof the WireA is pointed or sharp, and departs at a tangent from the general planeof the loop, and extends beyond the outer boundary of the opposite side,as shown at g, in order to constitute a hook to intercept and retainhold of any substance into which it is inserted.

It will be seen that if the spur a be inserted in a comparatively softor yielding substance, and the entire device he pushed inward until thepoint or hook g extends entirely into such substance, upon an attemptbeing made to withdraw the hook, it will seize hold of the material andprevent separation of the two, and the object, whether a quarter ofmeat, a mass of sponge, or otherwise, may be suspended from any desiredpoint by means of the end 0 of the loop. By extending the point 9 beyondand outside of the body of the loop, it becomes an infallible means ofintercepting and seizing hold of any substance in which it may beinserted.

My device will be found very useful for attaohing tags or labels tomeats, sponges, coarse bales, or other porous, soft, or yieldingsubstances, and, in this respect, provides for a long-standing Want.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I have represented my hook as applied to a tag.In this case the point a is passed into the eye h of the tag, with thelatter between the two points a and g, and the device pushed outwarduntil the end of the tag rests in the bend or clasp o, as shown in saidFig. 2.

When it is desired to label a quarter of meat, a bale ot' sponge, orother comparatively soft substance to which the ordinary methods ofattaching labels are not applicable, it is only necessary to insert thepoint a in the object, and push the entire device into the ma terial, asbefore stated, any subsequent draft upon the hook or point 9 causing itto become completely embedded, the label thus becoming securelyattached, and will not escape under any of the ordinary conditions oftransportation.

I claim-- In suspension-hooks formed of a metallic wire bent into a loopor clasp, in which one extremity of the wire serves to puncture andguide the way into the material to be seized, and the opposite extremityconstitutes a hook for seizing hold of such material, such hook with thepoint extended beyond the outer plane of the loop, substantially as andfor purposes stated.

LLOYD W. PENNELL.

Witnesses:

E. W. DENNISON, J. F. CALDWELL.

